Life in the 1940's in All My Sons

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Life in the 1940's in All My Sons Throughout the course of this essay on 'All My Sons' I will be examining life in the 1940's before and after the war and how it has affected different types of people; those who served in the war and those who stayed at home. I will also be examining how life is like for different families in the play after the war e.g. how prosperous they are. I will also explore and examine the different families and how they live and cope with the effects of war. The author of this play is Arthur Miller. He wrote this novel during world war two and expected it to be published just before the war was over, but it turns out he thought wrong. An atomic bomb ended the war very suddenly and the play was published after the war was over. Miller's interest in the wonder of human beings is particularly stirred by emotions and tensions in family life, and especially in the relationship of father and sons. Keller: What's the matter with you! Chris: Dad....Dad, you killed-twenty one men! Keller: What, killed? Chris: You killed them, you murdered them Keller: How could I kill anybody? This is just one of the many examples of father and sons emotions. Here his attitude to his characters is coloured by his admiration for the rare person who does not walk away from problems and who can face them without compromising. This play is about a man called Joe Keller who is really the main character he is a man who loves his family above all else, and has sacrificed everything including his honour, in his struggle to make the family rich. He is now sixty-one He has lost one son in the war, and is keen to see his remaining son Chris marry. Chris wants to marry Ann, who is the X fiancee of his brother Larry. Their mother, Kate, believes Larry still to be alive. I think it is this belief which has enabled her to support Joe by covering up her knowledge of a

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